Coal unloading



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W. T. KBAUSGHL GOAL UHLOADIHG, BREAKING. AND LOADING APPARATUS.

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W. 'I. KRAUSOH COAL UNLOADING, BREAKING, AND LOADING APPARATUS.

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LIPLIOLTIOI FILED SEPT. 18. 1905.

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WALTER T. KRAUSCH, OF LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS.

GOAL UNLOADING, BREAKING, AND LOADING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

:atented March 13, 1906.

Application filed September 18. 1905. Sarialllo. 278,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. KBAUSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing in La Grange, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Imrc cement in Coal Unloading, Breakmg,a11 d lloadi Apparatus, of which the following is a spec' cation.

My invention relates to railway coalmg stations or apparatus for unloading coal from cars, breaking it, and loading it into enginetenders or other cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a railwa coaling station or apparatus of a simple, e cient, strong, and durable construe tion capable of being constructed at a great saving in cost over those heretofore commonly in use and occupying a minimum of amount of room or ground-space for its capacity and by means of which coal may be unloaded from cars, broken when necessary, and reloaded into tenders or other cars very rapidly and cheaply.

iiy invention consists in the means I have devised and employ to accomplish this object or resultthat is to say, it consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and dej vices herein shown and described, and more particularly specified 1D the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a 5 part of this specificatlon, Figure 1 1s an end ing taken on the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 3 on the broken line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is ahorizontel section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the automatic dumping bucket. showing the cables and pulleys for operating the elevator-buckets.

In the drawings, A represents the main frame of the apparatus. B is a double-inclined unloading-hopper sloping both ways from its apex b, which is centrally under the.

unloading-car track-rails (.7 on suitable suports C, )rojccting above the unloadingmppcr. t the miter-lower end or edge of each of the inclines b of the unlomling-hopper B is an clcvator-lmckot well or pit l), extending below the lower odg ol' the hopper, that the coal may discharge. directly l'rom Fig. 8 is a detail diagrammatic view the inclines of the ho per into elevatorbuckets on each side 0 the hopper. The double-incline unloading-ho per also has end inclines b slopin from eac end down onto the inclines b to irect the coal onto said inchnes b. The unloading-hopper also has reverse back inclines b at its outer sides.

F F are vertically-sliding doors, one on each side of the double incline unloadmghopper B, working in suitable guides g f on the frame and 0 rated by lines or ca les j" traveling on pul eysf and connected to opera-timg-lmrerjto open and close the hopper at intervals, as required.

G G are coal breaker bars extending hOI'lzontally on each .of the car-unloading tracks and over the double-incline ho per B and upon which the coal from cars on the unloading-track -C is directl discharged by dumping or shoveling and y which the oppieces of coal which are too large to pass through the series of breaker bars G down onto the be per B.

E E are tlie car-loading tracks, one on each side of the main frame structure A of the apparatus.

H H are automatically-dumping elevatorbuckets fitting and entering the bucket its or wells D D and each furnished with a. ail H, pivotally connected thereto by pins or pivots it below and sli htly to one side of the elevation of a coal unloading, breaking, and loading ap aratus embodyin my invention. 5 Figs. 2 an 3 are vertical sectlons, Fi :2 becenter of gravity of t 1e bucket. The bails H of each of the buckets are furnished with guide-blocks 71., preferably of wood, rigidly I secured thereto, and which work up and j down in suitable guides II", preferabl formed each of a pair of angle-irons. Eac of the buckets H travels up and down between suitable guides or uprights H. H, preferably of wood and furnished with metal strips or rails ii". The front face h of each of tho buckets II is made higher or deeper than the rear face thereof, so that the front of" the bucket, whet-her loaded or unloaded, will always be the heavier side thereof. The bucket guides or uprights ll II" at the front side of the bucket are furnished with rounded or curved upper ends 1:. to facilitate the tilt.- ing or dumping of the bucket whrn raised to the rm. uirrd posit-ion.

l'lnrli of the buckets ll is furnished with l'ullvls h In bvul uguinst lbc lronl. guidwruils h". l'lacb of the buckets ll is also l'urnislu-d with sinp-|1ills h to engage the burlwt-lmil II, and lbus limit lbo tilliug murmur-n1 of erator with suitable sledge-s may break the.

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the bucket when it rights itself, and also with sto pinsor shoulders 12- to en age the bucketbaii guides H" H and limit t e tilting movement of the bucket in case it should be'raised too high, so that the front upper ed e of the bucket might otherwise fall inside t e front guides or uprights H for the bucket. each of the buckets H is hung by its ball, which travels in upright guides, and as the pivot of the bail is set below and to one side of the center of gravity of the bucket, the bucket is self'dumping, as well as self-righting, and the front side or face of the bucket in its up-and-down movement is thus also caused to hug the front bucket uides or uprights H H and the front face of t is bucket pit or well D, so that the coal will discharge from the incline of the unloading-hopper into the bucket without wasting or spilhng or filling up the pit with coal, and thus interfering wit pro r operation of the apparatus.

K are the cables for operatin the buckets from the winding-drums M, t e bucketcables passi over or around suitable pulleys k k k N is a doubleincline loading-hopper arrangedabove the unloading-hopper B and ham each of its inclines n provided with hinge d extensions n for delivering the coal directly into tenders or cars X on the loading-tracks E E. The hinged extension n of the loading-hop r inclines n are furnished with counterba ance-weights n, connected thereto by lines a assing over ulleys n. The loadi -hopper is fiII'HiShQIFWiiZh sliding doors operated bv lines it, passing over pulleys n. The coal is delivered from the automatic-dum ing buckets H into the loading-hoppcr N y chutes P P, arranged above the loading-ho per.

Where the cars to be unloaded are centerdum cars, the breakenbars from the apex of the cubic-incline unloading-hop er are preferably omitted, and the breakerars at each side are located lower down, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fi 3. The longer breaker-bars are referahly connected together at their mi dle portions in groups by tie-rods g and thimbles g.

I claim l. A railway coaling-station apparatus for unloading, breaking and loading coal, comprising a car-unloadin track, a double-incline unloading-hopperhelow said track, sliding doors for opening and closing the unloading-ho per, elevator-bucket pits at the lower ends 0 the unloadin -hop PI inclines, coalbreaker bars above tie on ending-hopper, a double-incline hauling-hopper above the unlomling-hopper, sliding doors for opening and closing the same, a pair of auto:natic-dumping elevator buckets having bails hinged thereto below and to one side of the center of gravity, and provided with guide-blocks, u right guides for the guideblocks on t 10 the bucket-bails, upright guides for the buckets, stop-pins on the buckets to engage the bucketbai s and limitthe righting tilting movement of the buckets stops on this buckets engaging the bucket-ball guides to limit the dumping tilting movement of the buckets, inclined chutes into which the coal is dumped from the buckets and by which it is delivered into the loading-ho per, and a windin '-(ll'l1ll'l and cables and ull eys for operating t 1e buckets, substantial y as specified.

2. A railway coining-station apparatus for unloading, breaking and loading coal, comprising a car-unloading track, a double-in- .cline unloading-hopper below said track, sliding doors for opening and chasing the unloading-hopper, elevator-bucket pits at the lower ends of the unloading-hopper inclines, coal-breaker bars above the unloac ling-hopper a double-incline loading-hopper above the unloading-ho per sliding doors for opening and closing ti'e same, a pair of automaticdulnpin elevator buckets having bails hinged fiiereto below and to one side of the center of gravity, and provided with guideblocks, upright guides for the guide-blocks on the bucket-bails, un'ight unles for the buckets, stopins on t e bucets to c age the bucket-bai s and limit the righting ti ting movement of the buckets, stops on the buckets engaging the bucket-bail guides to limit the dumpin tilting movement of the buckets, incline chutes into which the coal is dumped from the buckets and by which it is delivered into the loading-hop r, and a winding-drum and cables and puliisvs for operating the buckets, the inclines oi said leading-ho per having hinged extensions and means or raising and lowering said hinged extensions, substantially as specified.

3. In a railway station apparatus for unloading, loadin and breaking cool, the combination with a double-ineline unload in g-hoper, of breaker-bars above the some, doors or opening and closing the unloading-hopper, elevator-bucket pits, elovalter-buckets, upright guides for the elevator-buckets, bucket-bails pivotally connected thereto below and to one side oi" the center of gravil y, upright guides for the bucket-bails, guide devlces on the bucket-Janis engaging said upright guides, a whaling-drum. cables and pulleys for operating the eluvaior-lun-lwls and stops on the eh'vator-burkvls engaging the bucket-bail guides to limit the dumping tilting movement of the buckets. subsninlialir us specified.

4. [n a railway slulioll nppnlulus for onloading, loading and breaking -o:1 |.llu-ro1nhination with a doubIMm-Iinc nnlomling-hoppor, of brmikor-lmrs above the sumo, doors or opening and closing the unloiuling-boppor, clovalor-bur-hot )ils, vii-valor-burlwls, upright gilil'lvs l'or l hc vh-vatorbuvlu-l bui'kohbails pivotnlly (Ullilllllll ilwrolo lwside of the center of gravity, guides on the vuides on the bucket-bail and upright guides low and to one side of the center of gravity, upright guides for the bucket-bails, guide devlc-es on the buckebbuils engaging said upright guides, a winding drum, cables and pulleys for operating the elevator-luickets i and sto s on the elevator-buckets engaging the hue 'et-bail guides to limit; the dumping tilting movement of the buckets, and stops on the buckets engaging the bucket-bails for limiting the righting tilting movement of the bucket-s, substantially as s eciiied.

5. In a coal unloadin reaking and loading apparatus, the com ina-tion with an unloading-hopper, of breaker-bars above the unlcadin -hopper, a bucket-pit at the lower edge oi the unloading-hopper, an automaticdumping elevator-bucket, a bail pivotally connected thereto below and to one side of the center of gravity, guides on the bucketbail, upright guides engaging the guides on the bucket-baii and upright guides for the bucket, substantiull as specified.

6. In a, coal unloading, breaking and loading apparatus, the combination with an unloading-hopper, of breukenbars above the unloading-hopper, abucket-pit at the lower edge of the unloading-hopper incline, an autornado-dumping elevator-bucket, a bail pivotally connected thereto below and to one side of the center of gravity, guides on the bucket-bail, upright guides engaging the or the bucket and sto s on the bucketengaging the bucket-bai guides to limit the dumping, tilting movement of the bucket,

substantially as s )ecified.

7. In a coal unloading breaking and load- 1 ing apparatus, the combination with an 1111- l loading-hopper, of breaker-bars above the unloading-hopper, abucket-pit at the lower edge of the unloading-hopper incline, an automatic-dumpinv elevator-bucket, a bail pivota-lly connected thereto below and to one bucket-bail, upright guides cngaqing the modes on the bucket-bail, and uprig 1t guides ibr the bucket, and stops on the bucket eugaging the bucket-bail to limit the ri hting tilting movement of the bucket, sulistsu tially as specified.

In a coal unloadin breaking and loudiug apparatus, the com inatiou with an unlijiading-hoppcr, of brcakerdmrs above. the unloading-hopper, n bucket-pit at the lower edge of the unloading-hoppcr inciiue, un uu toluene-dumping clevntor-lnu-kct, a bail pivotnlly connected thereto below and to one side of the router of gravity, guides on tho lnu-kct-bu-i'l, uprightnnidcs cngnging the guides on the buckutdmil, u night guides in! the' bucket, stops on the buc {(l. engaging: the buckct-lulil guides to limit the dumping tilt ing nmvcnu-nt ol the bucket, und stops on i toniatio-dumpin elevatorthe bucket engaging the lnicket-buil to limit the l'lglll-lll? tilting movement, of the bucket, substiintiul y as )ecii'lcd.

9. in a coal nu oudinq, breaking and loading apparatus, the con'binution with an unloudiug-hop 'ier, of breaker-burs above the unli'iadingdiopper, a bucket-pit at the lower edge of the unloading-Nipper incline, an autolna-t-ic-dumpiiw elevntor-bucket, a bail pivotally connect-ed thereto below and. to one side of the cent-er of gravity, guides on the bucket bail, upright guides engaging the guides on the bucket-bail and u right guides for the bucket and a loading-lib per above fileunloading-hopper, substantial y as specilec 10. In a. coal unloadin breaking and loading apparatus, thecoinnnation with an unloading-hopper, of breaker-bars above the un loading-hopper, a bucket-pit at the lower e( we of the unloailing-hopper inc-line, an nu tornado-dumping elevator-bucket, a bail pivotnlly connected thereto below and to one side of the center of gravity, guides on the bucket bail, upright guides engaging the uides on the bucket-bail and upright guides or the bucket and n londingdiopper above the unloading-hop er, and a chute for receiving the coal from tlie elevutonbucket and delivering it to the loadingdiopper, substantially as specified.

11. In a coal unloading, breaking and loading apparatus, the combination with an unloading-hopper, of breaker-bars ohm-c the unloading hopper, abucket pit at the lowcr edge of the unloading-hop )er incline, an auiucket, abuil piv otaily connect-ct. thereto below and to one E side of the center of gravity, guides on the bucket-bail, upright guides engaging the uides on the bucket-bail and upright guides innd pulleys for operating the elevatorbucket, substantially as specified.

12. In a coal unloading, breaking and loi'ub ing' aprnlraths, the combination with an unbinding-bopper, of breaker-burs above thc unloinling-homicr, n bucket-pit ut the lower edge ol'- the unlnailing-hopper incline, an uulOIllfltlC-lllllllplllf' clovatoriuckct, u bull pivotnlly connectedthereto and to one side of the center of gravity, guides on the bucketlmil, unrigbt guides engaging the guides on the bucket-bail and upright guides for the bucket, 11 wbnling-drmu, cublc nnd pulleys for operating the l-lcvutcir-bnckcl, u sliding 7 door for the unloiuliug-hopw-r, and an opcruting-lcvcr line and pulleys for operating the sliding door, substantially us s u-t'il'n-d.

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